Cigar and cigarette holder



Nav. 16 1926.

S. KUNO GIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed May 1'7, 1926 me/Mofo ./Jicgarafano,

10 that may condense from the Smoke, o opening eis internally threadedin the vman- 2G extending.4 longitudinally therethrough; the end of acigar 10a, otherwisethe part-s' Patented Nov. 13, u l i I Y y l i .Y

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GIGAR lAlfl'l) CIGARETTE-HOLDER. Application filed May 17, 19216.vSerial lNo. 109,512.

This invention-relates to improvementsin .of 4the holder has amouthpiece 2' ofthe'` cigar and cigarette holders.: v Y Aordinary sizeand shape..y Extending longi-V It is the object of this' invention toprotudinally of the vhol-der along'one,sidefthereduce a holder suitablefor use in connection of is a projecting portion 3. Extending in; Lm 5with cigars and cigarettes .which shall be of Wardly from the end, ofthe holder is an 'a novel and ornamental appearance and Opening d whichiS Of. COHSClelbl@ length which shall also loe so constructedthat itwill and has its inner end connecting with the filter the smoke .andseparatev the nicotine Opening 5 inthe mouthpiece, in the mannertherefrom as Well lasremoving anyliquid Shown in Figure `The outerend-of the 65 'lt is well known to thosel that 'smoke ner indicated Vbynumeral 6 and is adapted -to 'cigars and cigarettes that the smoke as itreceivethe plug v'E'.` This plug hilS areal?- merges from these isIpermeated with 'Wardly'extending cylindrical part 8 proohemieals whichare injurious to the mucous Vfvidefd Wit-h alifopelilg' 9: 0fSufficient. size to 7 5 .membranes and which have often beenvsusv'receive the-end 'of the cigarette 10. Y In Fiapectedof causingcancer or other less malig ure 5 I have shown the endl portion 8"L ofvanantsores, y v Y l somewhat larger `diameter thanithe cery My invent-ionbriefly described eonsists in responding portion in Figures 1 andQ and acigarette holder having anv opening theopening 9n is of sufficient sizevto receive formed integrall with the holder is a portion Shown in,Figure kgare` the same as those extending longitudinally thereof andwhich in the other View@y Extending inwardly is provided with an openingparallelwvitli throughthe projecting part 3 is a .by-pass the firstnamed opening. This secondopenopening 11 Whichis of a smaller .diametery ingv or by-pass'is connected -to the 'main' openthan the opening 4land ext-ends parallel vWith ings at both ends. Y A removablefportion thelatter. The outer end Yof the by-p'assis having a part formed ofparallel spaced bars closed by means of` ka plug 12 which can beextends'inwardly intotheimainiopening in readily removed for the purposeof empty-` the holder and is adapted torholdr the iilterlng any liquidthat may haveaccumulated f ing material. lVhe'n the holder is used forinthe bypassjOpenings 13fand 14 connect y smoking the smoke, or thegreatest portion the outerand inner `ends respectively of the u' of it,Will pass throughthe filtering maloy-pass "11 With'theopeningj..." -fterial and any liquid that condenses will Referring noWrto :Figure 4titivill be Y pass into the by-pass opening which serves noticedthat'thjeplug portion Y' is provide-.dim as a reservoir. Vwith aplurality of rod-like vmembers 15 Flai/'ing now briefly described theAinven'- Whose ends are connectedbythe ring 16, tion I will proceed todescribe the samefin which has ajcentrallopening l?. 'lhe'func-lV detailand reference forV this purpose will 'tion performed bythe rods 15 istofservea's be' hadv to the accompanyingV drawing in. a support for thefiltering material 18,7wliichfta which the preferred embodiment thereofhas iS Wrapped aroundfthese rods in the manner `been illustrated and in1which: j shown in Figures 2 and 3'. f

Figure 1 isa perspective view of myimu Let us now assume that the holderis used n proved cigar .andV cigarette holder; 1n the smoking of acigar-ette vor cigarv and i* igure 2 is a longitudinal Vertical sectionthat the suction is applied to the mouthpiece me 5 of the holder; A2vforv the purposev of causing the smoke to Figure 3l is a transversesectiontalen on flow *through the holder. As the smoke line 3 3, Figure2; fr ent-ers throughl the small-.opening 19 in the Figure l is a sideelevation of the remov plug 7 it passes into the space between the ableportion of the holder; and rods land cornes into Contact with the lter-105 f 1 50 Figure 5 is al view showing thevend poring material, whichserves to absorb any Y tion of the holder partly in sectionandisinnicotine Y or other injurious chemical thaty tended Vto :show how itis used in connection may be Vcarried by the smoke. As the by- Withcigars.V v '1, pass 11 has `its' ends in communication with y Thisholder colnprisesa `body portion ..1 the opening'l, vthereis a.tendencyfor smoke all@ Vwhich' may be formed of balrelite, hard/rub# toenter through the opening 13, pass along" ber `or any other suitablematerial. @neend the-by-pass opening and through opening le' Y tering`material may be replaced as often as may be tound desirable, and in thismanner into the opening 5. This diversion of aportion of the smoke has atendency to cause the condensates to pass downwardly and into theby-pass opening where they are trapped and from which `they mayberemoved by removing the plug 12. It will be noticed that the ring 16 hasbeen shown with a. central opening 17. rlhis is not necessary as thering 16v may eXtend entirely across and be substantially the samediameter as the interior of the opening l leaving only suiificientlspace to permit the snroke to pass between it and the walls of openinga. When the opening 17 is dispensed with, it is apparent that all of thesmoke must pass through the iilter `material, and therefore a more thorugh filtrationy will be obtained.

F rom the above it will be apparent that l haveprovided a simple holderthat'is well adapted for use in connection with the smo-k ing ofcigarettes and cigars and which is so constructed that it vwill filterthe snioke and remove the .impurities therefrom, thereby producing asmoke that is harmless' and which has a soothing action that is absentfrom cigar and cigarette smokethat has not been filtered in this manner.

I wantto call particular attention to the construction embodying theby-pass 11 as Y this is considered to be ot great importance in thiscombination. It is .apparent from the drawing that the by-pass openingforms a trap orreservoirin which all liquids will accumulate and whichcan easily-be cleaned by the simple expedient of removing the plug 12.

Another 'feature oit the construction to which I desire to directattention is theremovable plug member shown in Figure e, which serves tohold the filter material lin centered position within the opening el.This member is readily removable so that the tilthe holder vwill alwaysbe clean and will therefore not contaminate the smoke by adding foulodors thereto.

, .I want to call attention at this point to the f fact that it is myintention to saturate the filter material 18 with water or othersuitable liquid and this will give off vapors which have a tendencyto'cool the smoke and to modify it to such an extent that the sharpbiting effects will be removed. ln this way the same beneficial effectscan be produced as areproduced by the very elaborate water purifyingpipes such as are employed by the rTurkish smokers.

Having described my invention what claimed as new is: n

A cigarette holder.comprising in combina` tion an elongated body member,having a portion thereof otl reduced cross sectionV and adapted to serveas a mouthpiece, an opening of small diameter extending throughl saidreduced portion', anotheropening ot larger 'diameter extending inwardlytrom the outer end of said by-pass opening and adapted to be removed soas to permit the by-pass open -A ing to be emptied and cleaned.

In testimony whereot attix my signatur-e. i'

SHCHIGORO KUN@

